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Perspectives on History – April 2011

The online version of the April 2011 issue of Perspectives on History is now available to AHA members (sign in to member services to gain full access). Nonmembers can preview a portion of each article during the first month of the issue’s release. After one month, the content will be freely available to all. Nonmembers can now access the March issue of Perspectives on History.

From the President & Executive Director
AHA President Anthony Grafton offers a peek intoclasses atRutgers-Camden and how the history department there “exemplifies some of the core strengths of our discipline.” Then, Jim Grossman, the AHA’s executive director, considers how the digital environment affects teaching history to undergraduates.

Technology
Continuing on the digital theme, three historians (Krista Sigler, Michael Creswell, and Jonathan Rees) demonstrate that new technology is good for more than just entertainment, and explain how to teach with Twitter, Skype, and YouTube.

News
Co-editors Konstantine Dierks and Sarah Knott detail what’s in the latest issue of the American Historical Review: a forum on “The Senses in History” and an article on narcotics trafficking and territoriality in the interwar Middle East.

Lee White, of the National Coalition for History, discusses President Obama’s ideas for reforming No Child Left Behind and what that would mean for Teaching American History grants. He also presents his regular roundup of news briefs from Washington, this installment includes a new head of the Wilson Center and a list of the 2010 National Humanities Medals winners.